5/23    I'm seeing a bunch of old German copy stuff w/ Swastika on it
        selling on eBay. Doesn't eBay ban Swastika? Or I got it confused
        with other stuff?
        \_ These are only banned in Germany.
        \_ and in France.

5/23    I'm at a friends house and the Internet is dog slow. But when checking
        speedtest or nitro.ucsc, it shows I'm getting 2.7Mbps. Latency is <30ms
        Any ideas why it is so slow or ways to check this?
        \_ Hmm, I added 4.2.2.2 as a DNS server and that seemed to fix it.
        \_ Hmm, I added 4.2.2.2 as a DNS server and that seemed to help.
        \_ Adding 4.2.2.2 as a DNS server seemed to fix this.
           \_ Crappy/slow ISP nameserver, eh?

5/23    Public opinion is basically pathological
        http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/05/everything-is-unpopular.php
        \_ Yeah, voters are stupid.
        \_ I'm disheartened that the most popular program to cut is the
           space program. I think most people assume it gets a lot more
           money than it does. As this article says, its budget is tiny
           relative to the size of the federal government. I think if people
           realized what DoD spent they would realize it has to be #1 on the
           list. Either that, Social Security, or Medicare. Choose. My dad
           (who gets Social Security) said that if he were a person under
           40 he'd lobby hard to reduce it given that we pay in and may never
           see that money again. I think most people would find defense
           most palatable.
           see that money againm but I think most people would find defense
           see that money again but I think most people would find defense
           cuts more palatable.
           (Pie chart of government spending: link:tinyurl.com/oanezb
        \_ They want stuff and don't want to pay for it.  Nothing new to
           see here.  This is, however, why welfare programs are broken.

5/23    Wow, this is sad. (Federal Reserve non-oversight)
http://dailybail.com/home/there-are-no-words-to-describe-the-following-part-ii.html